CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 11, 2026--
Moore & Van Allen PLLC (MVA), North Carolina’s largest law firm, has signed a lease for new office space in Atlanta, establishing the firm’s first dedicated physical office outside the Carolinas.
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The firm has had attorneys working from the Atlanta area for several years and establishing a brick-and-mortar office there is a natural next step to support them and the firm’s growing client base in the region. The new office underscores the firm’s commitment to serving clients and attracting top talent in the Southeast as it continues to advance its strategic plan to strengthen core practices.
“Opening a dedicated office in Atlanta reflects an important step in Moore & Van Allen’s continued expansion into key markets,” said firm Chair and Managing Partner Thomas L. Mitchell. “We have spent 75 years building a strong foundation in the Carolinas and have grown to more than 400 attorneys in the past 10 years. Atlanta’s dynamic business community makes it an ideal location to expand both our client base and lateral talent. This is an exciting time of strategic growth for the firm.”
The firm’s new lease with Granite Properties is for Class AA office space at 3630 Peachtree in Buckhead, with room to accommodate future growth. MVA expects to move into the space on or before April 1, 2026.
“Serving clients in the Atlanta market for years has enabled me to see firsthand the tremendous demand for high-caliber legal counsel in this city,” added MVA Atlanta partner Brett Moskowitz, who joined MVA two years ago and co-leads the firm’s Entertainment Finance practice. “Our new space in Buckhead further reinforces our long-term commitment to this market. We plan to grow our presence here and become a significant part of the Atlanta legal and business community.”
Moskowitz, who will be joined by several other attorneys in the new office, advises financial institutions and investors on matters including music catalog finance, record label finance, music fund finance, and television, motion picture, and sports finance.
The firm anticipates continued growth of its Atlanta team in the coming months.
About Moore & Van Allen
In 1950, Moore & Van Allen PLLC (MVA)’s founding partners were the first to establish a law firm office in Uptown Charlotte to be closer to the business community. Now 75 years later, MVA is the largest law firm in North Carolina and one of the most prominent law firms in the Southeast. It is an Am Law 200 firm comprised of 400+ attorneys and professionals with wide-ranging backgrounds and experience serving clients in 90+ areas. Its foundational financial services practice remains a core practice in addition to MVA’s award-winning corporate, private equity and investments, litigation, intellectual property, bankruptcy, and commercial real estate capabilities. Over time, the firm has expanded its practices in response to the needs of clients and the community, including trust and estate planning, zoning and land use, economic development, white-collar defense, financial regulatory, and human trafficking prevention and compliance.
Moore & Van Allen, Atlanta Office
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The Winter Paralympics officially started on Friday, celebrating it’s 50th anniversary, with the opening ceremony in Verona, Italy.
Five decades after some 200 athletes competed in two sports at the inaugural 1976 Ornskoldsvik Winter Paralympics in Sweden, more than 600 athletes — a record number — are expected to participate across six sports at Milan Cortina through March 15.
They are competing across six sports: Para alpine skiing, Para biathlon, Para cross-country skiing, Para ice hockey, Para snowboard and wheelchair curling.
In the skiing sports — Para alpine skiing, Para biathlon, Para cross-country skiing — athletes compete in one of three categories: standing, sitting (on a sit-ski or monoski) or vision impaired (who race following a guide connected via radio).
Guides also receive medals.
Within each of these three categories skiers compete in different divisions depending on their functional ability. A results calculation system determines the factored time of each athlete, which allows athletes from different divisions to race against each other.
China staged the Paralympics four years ago in Beijing and set a medals record at a single Winter Games of 61. China is favored to dominate again.
The closing ceremony on March 15 is at the renovated Cortina Curling Stadium, a former venue of the 1956 Winter Olympics.
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Iran won’t compete at Milan Cortina Paralympics as its only athlete can’t travel safely to Italy 3/6
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Rene de Silvestro, of Italy, competes in the alpine skiing men's downhill sitting competition at the 2026 Winter Paralympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Saturday, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Silver medalist Audrey Pascual Seco, of Spain, from left, gold medalist Anna-Lena Forster, of Germany, and bronze medalist Liu Sitong, of China, pose on the podium of the alpine skiing women's downhill sitting competition at the 2026 Winter Paralympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Saturday, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Francesca Porcellato holds a Paralympic torch to light the Paralympic cauldron during the 2026 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Friday, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Gold medalist Jeroen Kampschreur, right, and bronze medalist Niels de Langen, both of the Netherlands, pose after the alpine skiing men's alpine combined sitting at the 2026 Winter Paralympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Japan's Akari Fukunishi prepares prior to the Group A preliminary round hockey match between Japan and Canada at the 2026 Winter Paralympics, in Milan, Italy, Monday, March 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
